The Glade Gazette
May 10, 2024
SCHOOL CALENDAR
May 14 - No School, Primary Election Day
May 15 - Field Day (Rain Date 5/16/24)
May 21 - Band Concert, 7pm @ WHS Auditorium
May 23 - Field Trip - Gr.5 - Walkersville Middle School Orientation (9:15-11:15)
May 23 - Field Trip - Gr. 3 - National Zoo, DC (9:05-3:15)
May 24 - Market Day - Gr. 5 (1:30-3:15)
May 24 - Library Books DUE
May 30 - 5th Grade Celebration
May 31 - Spirit Day - Tie Dye
June 7 - Last day of school for students - 2-hour early dismissal
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
While we wait for further information about next year’s budget from our Board of Education leaders, Glade staff continue to prepare for next school year. A parent question that sometimes comes up as Glade looks ahead is, “How are classes created?” From now into the summer, teachers meet with administrators, specialists, counselors and other staff to review the progress and present levels of our students. For Glade’s approximately 550 students, staff think about complexity factors of our student demographics and their learning needs that include:
- Special education
- 504 plans
- Multilingual learner
- Gifted/Talented
- Free/Reduced Meals
- Homelessness
- Reading and/or Math Intervention
- Chronic Absences
- Data and progress in Reading, Writing and Math achievement
- Work habits and personal/social development
- Specific identified social emotional needs
- Absenteeism
- Behavior support plans
- Other variables unique to a child
Class groupings are crafted to make sure a student can have their needs met in the classroom. This requires a complex consideration of all factors and scheduling based on the grade level schedules. As such, it is not possible to take requests for specific staff members, though I welcome other parental insights that could contribute the multi-faceted considerations Glade staff use to create classes. After all of this information is reviewed, a classroom teacher is matched with the students of the class. Your child’s success is important to us and every Glade staff member works hard to provide students what they need to achieve. As a staff, we work together to plan, analyze and grow together. The goal is for every classroom to be the best classroom at Glade!
Steve Raff
Principal
MEDIA NOTE FROM MS. DATTOLI
All library books are due back to the library by Friday, May 24. Click HERE to see what your child currently has checked out. If a library book is lost or damaged, please contact Ms. Dattoli at tina.dattoli@fcps.org. Report cards will be held until the books are returned or paid for. Thank you in advance for your help in returning our library books by May 24 in preparation for inventory before summer break. To keep reading over summer break with the FCPL Summer Challenge, visit: https://www.fcpl.org/programs-events/summer-challenge
Questions? Please email me at tina.dattoli@fcps.org. Happy reading! Ms. Dattoli :)
ENROLLMENT FOR KINDERGARTEN
We are always excited to welcome new students to our school. Please help to spread the word that registration for next year’s kindergarten students has begun. Do not wait as this helps determine our class sizes. If you or someone you know has an incoming kindergarten student, the following link will direct you to all of the necessary information: https://www.fcps.org/ece/k-enrollment.
FCPS is Now Accepting Pre-K Applications!
Applications for all residents of Frederick County are now open for students who will be 3, or 4 years old by September 1, 2024. For information about income eligibility criteria and programs offered, please visit our website at https://www.fcps.org/ece/pre-k-application.
Families may apply online via the enrollment portal. Click here for English or click here for Spanish. Those unable to complete an online application may download an official FCPS enrollment form and return via PreKEnrollment@fcps.org. Enrollment Form Template is available here. Please ensure all applications contain proof of residency, proof of birth, and proof of Total Household Income.
Field Day Volunteers Needed!
Wednesday, May 15 (rain date May 16)
Sign up to Volunteer:
https://tinyurl.com/bdz872c8
All volunteers must be FCPS registered by May 8:
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
For more information, contact krista.schardt@fcps.org
5th GRADE CELEBRATION
We are in need of volunteers & donations for the 5th Grade Celebration! Check out the links below to help out.
Volunteers: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0845ADAF23ABFC1-48437669-5thgrade#/
Donations: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0845ADAF23ABFC1-48437705-5thgrade#/
A NOTE FROM THE HEALTH ROOM
ATTENTION PARENTS/GUARDIANS
Medication Reminders
The last day of school is June 7th, 2024. According to FCPS Regulation 400-23 students are not permitted to take their medications home at the end of the school year. A parent/guardian must pick up all medications in the health room by the end of the school day on June 7, 2024. To arrange for pick-up please contact health room staff directly or stop by during school hours.
All non-emergency medications and expired medications of any kind remaining in the health room will be destroyed at the end of the school year, unless alternate arrangements have been made directly with health room staff.
Summer School
If your child will be attending a summer FCPS program and medication must be administered during summer school hours, contact the health room for additional guidance.
Preparing for the 2024-25 School Year
All medication/treatment authorization form(s) must be renewed at the beginning of each school year. Ensure that the appropriate authorization form is completed by your healthcare provider. Forms are available online at www.fcps.org.
Verify the expiration dates on your child's medication(s). Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) 10.34.23.07, dictates that we determine expiration dates as follows: one year from the dispensing date on the pharmacy label (OR) expiration date on the medication package, whichever comes first.
If the instructions on the pharmacy label states, "see attached", you must provide the pharmacy attachment. Medication will not be accepted without the required attachments.
To ensure your child's medication/treatment needs are met at the start of the school year contact the health room on or after August 12, 2024, to arrange a drop off time for medications/supplies and completed forms. Health room staff will review medication/treatment authorization forms and medications with the parent/guardian to ensure compliance with state regulations. If the medication/treatment authorization forms and/or medications do not meet compliance, it is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to follow up with their health care provider. Per FCPS Reg 400-23, it is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to deliver medication/treatment authorization form(s) and medications directly to health room staff. Please do not send your child to school with medications.
Thank you for your cooperation.
GES Nurses: Crystal Wolf & Beckie Kress
(240) 236-2063
EARLY DISMISSAL & ABSENCE NOTES
If your student is leaving early or has an appointment, a written note to the office is appreciated. This not only lets the teacher know to have them ready, but assists the office with identifying the parent/guardian of the student and prevents delays.
Any changes in your child's transportation home needs to be shared with the front office. Please CALL the office for dismissal changes before 2:30. If you email the teacher only and they are absent, nobody will get that information. Thank you.
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
- Address change: Please provide a new proof of residency (a copy of a property tax bill, gas bill, electric bill, water/sewer, cable bill or a signed current lease/rental agreement; NO phone bill or mortgage statements).
- Custody change: If there is a change in child custody, please make sure you share that information with your child’s teacher and the office. It is extremely important that a copy of the court document be delivered to the school and placed in the child’s permanent record folder. Should the school not have this documentation, we have no recourse but to release your child to either parent upon request.
- Weapons: Possession of any firearm or other weapon by a student on school property is strictly forbidden. This also includes look-alike weapons. The penalties for violation are detailed in the Discipline section of the FCPS handbook. Please remember it is a serious offense to possess a weapon of any kind on school property.
Stay Connected
The Glade Gazette will continue to be available first via Find Out First. Links to the Gazette can also be found through:
- Twitter: Steve Raff @FCPS_GES
- Facebook: Principal Raff, as part of the Glade Elementary Community group
Email: stephen.raff@fcps.org
Website: https://education.fcps.org/ges/
Location: Glade Elementary School, Glade Road, Walkersville, MD, USA
Phone: 240-236-2100
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GladePTA
Twitter: @FCPS_GES